Perkins director to take top Uxbridge job

LANCASTER -- The director of education at the Doctor Franklin Perkins School is leaving at the end of the school year to become superintendent of Uxbridge Public Schools.

Kevin Carney became director of education at the private school in March 2011. He said he's leaving behind a great school, and the staff has been encouraging about his new gig, which begins July 1.

"It's a very supportive culture here," said Carney, who was a public school administrator for 10 years in Ashland before entering the Doctor Franklin Perkins School. His time in Ashland included one year as assistant principal at an elementary school, three years as an assistant principal at the middle and high school level and six years as the middle school principal.

"It was a wonderful opportunity to reinvent myself after so many years in public school administration," said Carney. However, he said he's excited to exit the private-school world and go back to a public school.

Carney said he applied for the superintendent position in February and had three interviews and two site visits. The Uxbridge School Committee unanimously voted to appoint Carney on Monday to succeed outgoing Superintendent George Zini.

He said it's like he never left the public-school world, because his wife is the principal of Walsh Middle School in Framingham and a lot of his friends are public-school administrators.

"I hear about it at the dinner table every night," said Carney.

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He said administrative positions need to be a good fit, and he's better suited to working in public education than private education.

"At the end of the day, I'm a public-school administrator. It's what I am," he added.

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